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 VJDAY

VJDAY
 
Eye begin to ponder weak and weary in my alter ego as eye decided to make a poem on this my veteran day intended to relay the fact that they the enemy mine were veterans and people too. What does that have to do with America you ask me this it means a lot to ewe. IN Germany In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, the Allied powers a signed a cease-fire agreement (an armistice) with Germany at Rethondes, France on November 11, 1918, bringing World War I to a close. The "war to end all wars" was over. This free poet was enjoined at a time of the Vietnam Conflict and eye missed COMBAT there by two months of time the President Nixon signed the Peace Agreement to end the Troops movement just before eye was scheduled to end my basic training. Eye used to joke that GOD my JESUS had ended the war so eye did not have to be there.  
This is the day we honor the missing in action. In my country they fly planes over the Unknown Soldiers Tomb. Thanzkx you fly boys eye always say that's me in there. Eye am the unknown soldier. On May 8, Churchill and US President Harry S Truman declared V-E Day, Victory in Europe. Cheering throngs packed Piccadilly Circus and Times Square. When pictures of poor people come to my attention eye remember those of  Mother Russians holding up potatoes calling attention to the fact that they make some homemade vodka they should build a home fire cook them with the jacket on its cold. A little dry humour ewe no wait that is dehydrated. While in Europe, millions of soldiers, freed slave laborers, and refugees felt relief but did not cheer. All they wanted to do was to go home. Millions of others looked to rebuild their shattered communities. Everywhere DPs (displaced persons - refugees) looked forward the long journey home. Others faced an uncertain future in prison camps or in forced migrations. Eye am more akin to the displaced person than a veteran in my heart eye did my service time apart from duty served in any war zone a Christian Soldier wanting home. My mother died and her Death certificate bought my freedom as a hardship discharge. Eye am technically a Veteran because eye served yet hated and displaced by my fellow countrymen because they can choose whom they disgrace. Mother GOD and APPLE PIE, eye have no great regrets at life. Eye learned the art of war only to leave it far behind and freedom find. At the conclusion of the Vietnam War, on April 30, 1975, the city came under the control of the Vietnam People's Army. In the U.S. this event is commonly called the "Fall of Saigon," while the communist Socialist Republic of Vietnam call it the "Liberation of Saigon." In 1976, upon the establishment of the unified communist Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the city of Saigon (including Cholon), the province of Gia Ðịnh and 2 suburban districts of two other nearby provinces were combined to create Hồ Chí Minh City in honour of the late communist leader Hồ Chí Minh. The former name Saigon is still widely used by many Vietnamese, especially in informal contexts. Generally, the term Saigon refers only to the urban districts of Hồ Chí Minh City. The word "Saigon" can also be found on shop signs all over the country, even in Hanoi. The Fall of America it was the only War he ever really lost. Eye am overcome by emotions and can't continue this poem its Veterans Day 2008 try to have a good day tomorrow everyone.


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